Sumrall standout to sign with MCC

Sumrall High softball catcher Cheyenne Barefoot plans to sign with Meridian Community College Thursday.

Barefoot, who is hitting .219 this season for the Lady Bobcats, hit .443 as a junior with 19 RBIs and two home runs.

Sumrall opens the Class 3A South State finals on Thursday at St. Patrick.

Hawkins earns MACJC honor

Makenzie Hawkins has been named the MACJC Player of the Week for the week of April 22-28.

Hawkins, the starting second baseman for the eighth-ranked Lady Bobcats, hit safely in all four games last week as JCJC went 4-0. Hawkins, a freshman from Nettleton, was 7-of-12 during the week.

In a 6-0 win at East Central on April 23, Hawkins was 3-for-3 with two home runs, a single, a walk, two RBIs and two runs scored.

In a 10-1 decision over ECCC, she was 1-for-3 with a single and a run scored. In a 7-0 win at Co-Lin on April 27, Hawkins was 1-3 with an RBI and a single. In a 4-0 victory over the Lady Wolves, she was 2-for-3 with two singles.

For the year, Hawkins is hitting .407 with eight home runs and a team-leading 48 RBIs.

Summer baseball camp dates set

The annual Jones County Junior College Summer Baseball Camp will take place June 3-4 and June 6-7 at Community Bank Park.

The camp is for youngsters ages 5-12. Registration fee is $100 per camper. Youngsters will receive 12 hours of baseball instruction and scrimmage and a JCJC baseball t-shirt. Return the registration form by May 31 to ensure receiving a camp t-shirt. The form is located at http://www.jcjc.edu.

Statesmen top seed in GSC

Delta State University Baseball will travel to Chattanooga, Tenn. and AT&T Field this week for the 2013 Gulf South Conference Baseball Tournament. The Statesmen will enter the tournament with the No. 1 seed after a 19-4-1 conference season.

Delta State is the defending GSC Tournament champion after defeating Alabama-Huntsville 14-8 in the final last year in Rome, Ga.

The Statesmen will face No. 8 seed Christian Brothers at 7 p.m. Thursday in the first round of the tournament. The Statesmen earned a series sweep over the Bucs in Memphis this season, winning the three games by scores of 14-2, 19-2, and 9-4.

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